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Th Maryland (10-4, 1-2 ACC) Feb. 13 #1 NORTHWESTERN L, 8-13 #4 Maarylandryland vvs.s. ##77 NNorthorth CCarolinaarolina Feb. 19 OHIO W, 12-3 Saturday, April 15 • 7 p.m. • Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, N.C. Feb. 22 GEORGE MASON W, 13-6 GameTracker: www.tarheelblue.com Feb. 25 at #2 Duke L, 7-9 Mar. 4 RICHMOND W, 12-9 Mar. 7 #9 VIRGINIA* (CSTV) L, 9-14 No. 4 Maryland Heads To No. 7 UNC Mar. 11 at Brown W, 21-5 For ACC Matchup Mar. 18 OLD DOMINION W, 19-7 Mar. 21 #9 DARTMOUTH W, 13-8 • The fourth-ranked Maryland Terrapin women’s lacrosse team, fresh off a victory over previously Mar. 24 #16 PENN STATE1 W, 16-7 unbeaten Johns Hopkins, returns to ACC play on the road at No. 7 North Carolina. The game is Mar. 26 OHIO STATE1 W, 17-8 scheduled for 7 p.m. at Fetzer Field. Mar. 31 VIRGINIA TECH* W, 18-9 • The Terps enter Sunday’s game with a record of 10-4 (1-2 ACC), while UNC comes into the Apr. 5 #5 GEORGETOWN L, 10-11 (ot) game with a record of 10-3 (3-1) in the ACC. Apr. 9 at #2 Johns Hopkins W, 14-11 • Saturday’s game can be followed live with GameTracker on www.tarheelblue.com. Apr. 15 at #7 North Carolina* 7 p.m. • Maryland leads the all-time series with North Carolina, 11-5, including last season’s win in Cha- Apr. 22 at Boston College* 1 p.m. pel Hill. The Terps have won four straight in the series with the Tar Heels. 2 Apr. 27-30 ACC Tournament TBA • A Glance Ahead: The Terps will conclude ACC regular season play on April 22 at 1 p.m. in May 3 at Princeton 7:30 p.m. May 14 NCAA First Round3 TBA Chestnut Hill, Mass., against conference newcomer Boston College. May 20 NCAA Second Round3 TBA May 26 NCAA Semifi nals4 TBA Pellizzi ACC Player Of The Week 4 May 28 NCAA Finals TBA • Krista Pellizzi was named Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week Home games in BOLD CAPS. * ACC game after leading the Terrapins to a 1-1 week against a pair of top fi ve opponents. Pellizzi, who shared 1-Big 10/ACC Challenge (College Park, Md.) 2-ACC Tournament (M&T Bank Stadium, the honor with Duke’s Katie Chrest, becomes the third different Terrapin to win the honor in as Baltimore, Md.) many weeks. 3-Campus Sites • Last week, Kelly Kasper shared the accolade, and the previous week Delia Cox was honored 4-Boston, Mass. by the league. • Pellizzi led all scorers with seven points on four goals and three assists to help Maryland defeat Team Information No. 2 Johns Hopkins. She tallied an important goal, the eventual game-winner, late in the second Head Coach ..................................Cindy Timchal half halting a Blue Jay 4-0 run just seconds after Johns Hopkins pulled to within one of the lead. Alma Mater ............................ West Chester (‘76) Against No. 5 Georgetown, Pellizzi once again led all scorers with three goals and an assist. Record at Maryland (Yrs) ..................258-42 (16) Overall Record (Yrs) ..........................334-82 (24) Assistants .................Brian McGurn (1st Season) Terp Tidbits ..................................Caitlin Banks (1st Season) • The Terps have won seven of their last eight games and are 3-1 against ranked opponents in Volunteer Assistant ......Liam Banks (1st Season) that span. • Maryland has scored double-digit goals in the last eight games. Media Information • All of Maryland’s losses this season have come to teams ranked in the top fi ve. Women’s Lax Contact ................... Adam Zundell • The Terps have scored 128 goals over the last seven games (15.8 per game). During that span, E-mail Address ..................... [email protected] Krista Pellizzi and Katie Doolittle have each netted the most goals for the Terps with 26. The Offi ce Phone ..................................301-314-7066 Maryland defense has been equally as impressive in the last six games allowing only 66 goals Offi ce Fax ......................................301-314-9094 (8.15 per game). Website ..................................www.umterps.com • With her 12 saves against Georgetown and eight against Johns Hopkins, Allie Buote now has 112 on the season. The sophomore had just 10 saves in limited action last season. (Terp Tidbits continued on Page 3.) 22006006 MMarylandaryland WWomen’somen’s LLacrosseacrosse Terrapin Head Coach • A 1976 graduate of West Chester, Timchal was TERPS Cindy Timchal inducted into the school’s hall of fame in 2004. ...by the numbers She lettered in lacrosse, track and fi eld and ten- • Head coach Cindy Timchal, the winningest nis, while earning a degree in health and physi- coach in women’s lacrosse history with 334 cal education. 1 victories, enters her 16th season at the helm of Cindy Timchal’s ranks fi rst for wins among • In February of 2006, she was inducted into the Maryland’s program. She has a record of 258- coaches. US Lacrosse Potomac Chapter’s hall of fame. 42 (.867 winning percentage) since taking over • Five Maryland alums led their respective the Terp program in 1991. programs into the NCAA Tournament as head • Timchal was the fi rst coach to win 300 games 6 coaches in 2005. Kelly Amonte-Hiller of North- in 2004. Kelly Kasper is among the top three in western, Towson’s Missy Holmes, Kerstin Kim- • Timchal has been named ACC Coach of the six different statistical categories on the mel of Duke, Courtney Martinez-Conner of Year four times during her career. She has also team (goals, assists, points, draw controls, Mount St. Mary’s and Dartmouth’s Amy Patton been named national coach of the year twice. groundballs and caused turnovers). each guided their teams into the fi eld of 16. • She has led the Terps to eight NCAA titles, in- Amonte-Hiller led her team to the NCAA title. cluding an unprecedented seven-straight from 1995-2001. In four of those seasons, her teams Timchal’s Year-by-Year at Maryland were undefeated. 4 1991 NCAA Runners-up 14-3 Maryland is ranked fourth in the preseason • She’s never had a losing season or missed the 1992 NCAA Champions 14-1 Bounce/Inside Lacrosse poll. NCAA Tournament at Maryland. 1993 NCAA Semifi nalists 12-2 • Timchal has coached 40 different athletes 1994 NCAA Runners-Up 13-1 to over 73 All-America honors. She has also 1995 NCAA Champions 17-0 coached 12 players to national player of the 1996 NCAA Champions 19-0 7 year honors. Seven Terps have double-digit points this 1997 NCAA Champions 21-1 • Now in her 25th season overall, Timchal got year. 1998 NCAA Champions 18-3 her start at Northwestern where she led the 1990 NCAA Champions 21-0 Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament fi ve times in 2000 NCAA Champions 21-1 nine years. Her overall record is 334-82 (.806). 2001 NCAA Champions 23-0 7.85 • Timchal is assisted by Brian McGurn and 2002 NCAA Quarterfi nals 11-10 Allie Buote is averaging 7.85 saves per Caitlin Banks, who are each in their fi rst sea- 2003 NCAA Semifi nals 18-4 game. sons on the sidelines in College Park. Liam 2004 NCAA Quarterfi nals 15-5 Banks is the volunteer assistant who is also in 2005 NCAA First Round 12-7 his fi rst season. Dr. Jerry Lynch is the team 15 Seasons @ Md. 248-38 (.884) 9 consultant. Kelly Kasper scored nine points against Virginia Tech, the highest total in the ACC Projected Starters this season. No. Name Pos. Yr. Notes 2 Delia Cox M Sr. Team’s leading scorer ... 37g, 16a ... fast lefty 6 Krista Pellizzi A Jr. 36 points in the last seven games 7 Maeve McKew M/D Fr. Helps the Terps on draws ... gets to groundballs 18 8 Kelly Kasper M So. Fills the box score ... 31g, 18a ... team-leading 27 CT’s Delia Cox already has 18 assists on the 12 Kate McWilliams M Fr. Started last 7 games ... 4g, 3a on the year season in 2006, a career high. 17 Becky Clipp D Jr. Top defender ... marks opposing team’s best weapon 19 Katie Doolittle M Jr. Fastest player ... 22 goals in last seven games 75 22 Casey Magor M So. Solid two-way player ... will draw ... works behind cage Delia Cox has started 75 straight games. 25 Martha Raver D Jr. Solid, consistent defender ... helps in transition 28 Meghan Higgins D Jr. Good athlete ... understands the game ... can win draws 32 Lauren Cohen D So. Line defender ... can force turnovers and get upfi eld 87% 15 Allie Buote G So. Can change the game ... career-high 12 saves vs.G’Town Cindy Timchal has won 87 percent of her games at Maryland. Top Reserves No. Name Pos. Yr. Notes 4 Mollie Reese A Jr. Effi cient on offense 459 5 Katie Princiotto A So. Will come in after the draw ... excellent fi nisher Maryland has 458 wins in women’s lacrosse 20 Brooke Richards A Sr. Strongest shot on the team ... tremendous passer -- more than any other program in the game. 21 Megan Cassara D So. Will see signifi cant minutes on defense 2 wwww.umTERPS.comww.umTERPS.com 22006006 MMarylandaryland WWomen’somen’s LLacrosseacrosse • Krista Pellizzi had 34 career points (23g, 11a) Last Year vs. Carolina Bounce Entertainment/ in two seasons as a Terrapin. This season she • Maryland raced out to an 8-2 halftime lead Inside Lacrosse Poll (4/10) has 58 points (36g, 22a).